Eduard von der Ropp
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His Excellency Eduard von der Ropp |
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| Archbishop of Mohilev | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Mohilev |
| Appointed | 25 July 1917 |
| In office | 1917-1939 |
| Predecessor | Wincenty Kluczyński |
| Successor | Boļeslavs Sloskāns |
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| Ordination | 2 August 1886 |
| Consecration | 16 November 1902 by Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
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| Born |
December 15, 1851 Līksna, Latvia |
| Died | July 25, 1939 (aged 87) Poznań, Poland |
| Buried | Poznań Cathedral |
| Nationality | Latvian |
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Eduard Michael Johann Maria Baron von der Ropp (1851–1939) was a German-Polish nobleman and Russian Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop. He was born 14 December 1851 near Līksna in present-day Latvia and died on 25 July 1939 in Poznań, Poland.
Eduard von der Ropp was the third of four sons of Emmerich Julius Baron von der Ropp and Isabella Josepha Contessa von Plater-Syberg. His father was a direct descendant of Theodoricus de Raupena, the eldest brother of Bishop Albert who founded the city of Riga in 1201. His mother's family had estates at both Lixna (Līksna) in Latgale (then Vitebsk Governorate) and Bewern (Bebrene) in Sēlija (then Courland Governorate) .
He received his university education in Saint Petersburg and graduated in 1875. After graduation he remained in Saint Petersburg working for the Russian government. In 1886, he decided to enter the Roman Catholic seminary in Kaunas. In 1889 he was ordained priest for the diocese of Samogitia.
After ordination Fr. von der Ropp was sent to Liepāja in Courland where he worked as a parish priest for 13 years. While there he began enlargement of a smaller church building into what is now the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Liepāja. In 1893 he was given additional responsibility as the vicar of all parishes in Courland.
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